<!--
  This file is a part of the open-eBackup project.
  This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public License, v. 2.0.
  If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this file, You can obtain one at
  http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
  
  Copyright (c) [2024] Huawei Technologies Co.,Ltd.
  
  THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND,
  EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO NON-INFRINGEMENT,
  MERCHANTABILITY OR FIT FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
  -->


<!DOCTYPE html
  PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">
<head>
      <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
   
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
<meta name="DC.Type" content="topic">
<meta name="DC.Title" content="Creating a Backup Storage Device">
<meta name="product" content="">
<meta name="DC.Relation" scheme="URI" content="HA00042.html">
<meta name="prodname" content="">
<meta name="version" content="">
<meta name="brand" content="30-OceanProtect Appliance 1.5.0-1.6.0 Help Center">
<meta name="DC.Publisher" content="20241029">
<meta name="documenttype" content="usermanual">
<meta name="prodname" content="csbs">
<meta name="DC.Format" content="XHTML">
<meta name="DC.Identifier" content="HA00044">
<meta name="DC.Language" content="en-us">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="public_sys-resources/commonltr.css">
<title>Creating a Backup Storage Device</title>
</head>
<body style="clear:both; padding-left:10px; padding-top:5px; padding-right:5px; padding-bottom:5px"><a name="HA00044"></a><a name="HA00044"></a>

<h1 class="topictitle1">Creating a Backup Storage Device</h1>
<div><p>The external backup storage is added as a backup storage device to the <span>OceanProtect</span> for storing backup data.</p>
<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Prerequisites</h4><p>The <span>OceanProtect</span> and the backup storage device to be added are running properly and can communicate with each other.</p>
</div>
<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Precautions</h4><ul><li>Only the local storage corresponding to the <span>OceanProtect</span> can be added as a backup storage device.</li><li>The backup storage device cannot be used as the managed cluster at the same time.</li></ul>
</div>
<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Procedure</h4><ol><li><span>Choose <span class="menucascade" id="HA00044__ha00019_menucascade31053579148"><b><span class="uicontrol" id="HA00044__ha00019_uicontrol41059577142"><span id="HA00044__ha00019_text1054020121612"><strong>System</strong></span></span></b> &gt; <b><span class="uicontrol" id="HA00044__ha00019_uicontrol154661958121418"><span id="HA00044__ha00019_text8757278167"><strong>Infrastructure</strong></span></span></b> &gt; <b><span class="uicontrol" id="HA00044__ha00019_uicontrol54471544151"><span id="HA00044__ha00019_text1631251418164"><strong>Cluster Management</strong></span></span></b></span>.</span></li><li><span>Click <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>Backup Storage Unit Groups</strong></span></b></span>.</span></li><li id="HA00044__li109241349741"><span>Select <span class="uicontrol" id="HA00044__uicontrol1778005154612"><b>Backup Storage Devices</b></span>.</span></li><li><span>Click <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>Create</strong></span></b></span> to create a backup storage device.</span><p><div class="p"><a href="#HA00044__en-us_topic_0000001263937538_table13641194661910">Table 1</a> describes the related parameters.
<div class="tablenoborder"><a name="HA00044__en-us_topic_0000001263937538_table13641194661910"></a><a name="en-us_topic_0000001263937538_table13641194661910"></a><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" id="HA00044__en-us_topic_0000001263937538_table13641194661910" frame="border" border="1" rules="all"><caption><b>Table 1 </b>Parameters for adding a backup storage device</caption><colgroup><col style="width:34.949999999999996%"><col style="width:65.05%"></colgroup><thead align="left"><tr><th align="left" class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="34.949999999999996%" id="mcps1.3.4.2.4.2.1.2.2.3.1.1"><p>Parameter</p>
</th>
<th align="left" class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="65.05%" id="mcps1.3.4.2.4.2.1.2.2.3.1.2"><p>Description</p>
</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody><tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="34.949999999999996%" headers="mcps1.3.4.2.4.2.1.2.2.3.1.1 "><p><span><strong>Name</strong></span></p>
</td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="65.05%" headers="mcps1.3.4.2.4.2.1.2.2.3.1.2 "><p>User-defined name of the backup storage device.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="34.949999999999996%" headers="mcps1.3.4.2.4.2.1.2.2.3.1.1 "><p><span><strong>Device Type</strong></span></p>
</td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="65.05%" headers="mcps1.3.4.2.4.2.1.2.2.3.1.2 "><p>Select a backup storage device type.</p>
<div class="note"><span class="notetitle"> NOTE: </span><div class="notebody"><ul id="HA00044__en-us_topic_0000001834421866_ul238914231668"><li id="HA00044__en-us_topic_0000001834421866_li43891223468">For OceanProtect E1000, when <strong id="HA00044__en-us_topic_0000001834421866_b204881833143720">Device Type</strong> is set to <strong id="HA00044__en-us_topic_0000001834421866_b1456193483717">OceanProtect</strong>, you can only add OceanProtect Backup Storage of 1.5.0 or later that does not have OceanProtect DataBackup installed. After the storage device is added, the OceanProtect DataBackup cannot be installed on it.</li><li id="HA00044__en-us_topic_0000001834421866_li8389123763">For OceanProtect X series backup appliances, you can only add OceanProtect Backup Storage that does not have OceanProtect DataBackup installed. After the storage device is added, the OceanProtect DataBackup cannot be installed on it.</li></ul>
</div></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="34.949999999999996%" headers="mcps1.3.4.2.4.2.1.2.2.3.1.1 "><p><span><strong>IP Address</strong></span></p>
</td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="65.05%" headers="mcps1.3.4.2.4.2.1.2.2.3.1.2 "><p>Management IP address of the external backup storage.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="34.949999999999996%" headers="mcps1.3.4.2.4.2.1.2.2.3.1.1 "><p><span><strong>Port</strong></span></p>
</td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="65.05%" headers="mcps1.3.4.2.4.2.1.2.2.3.1.2 "><p>Management port of the external backup storage.</p>
<p>The default port ID is <strong>8088</strong>.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="34.949999999999996%" headers="mcps1.3.4.2.4.2.1.2.2.3.1.1 "><p><span><strong>Username</strong></span></p>
</td>
<td class="cellrowborder" rowspan="2" valign="top" width="65.05%" headers="mcps1.3.4.2.4.2.1.2.2.3.1.2 "><p>Username and password of the super administrator of the external backup storage.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="mcps1.3.4.2.4.2.1.2.2.3.1.1 "><p><span><strong>Password</strong></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</div>
</p></li><li><span>Click <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>OK</strong></span></b></span>.</span></li></ol>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<div class="familylinks">
<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="HA00042.html">Managing Backup Storage Devices (Applicable to 1.6.0 and Later Versions)</a></div>
</div>
</div>

<div class="hrcopyright"><hr size="2"></div><div class="hwcopyright">Copyright &copy; Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.</div></body>
</html>